President Goodluck Jonathan recently said that the security agencies had successfully kept the terrorists away from the Federal Capital. With the latest attack in the nation’s capital on April 15, it now appears nowhere is safe. One wonders how the President now feels hence the following posers.
Can the President keep trusting those who give him the assurances that the situation is under control? In the aftermath of the deadly explosion at Sabon Gari Motor Park in Kano, shouldn’t the security agencies have been proactive enough to have their eyes on motor parks in the country?
Given the trillions on naira allotted to security agencies since the counter-insurgency started, why can’t the needed and functional technology such as close circuit cameras be installed at strategic places for effective monitoring?
If the security chiefs cannot provide satisfactory answers to these questions, the President should relieve them of their appointments. Nowhere in the world do you rely heavily on men and riffles to tackle insurgents in this modern era.
May God grant the bereaved families succour.
Mustapha Alhassan,
IBB University, Lapai, Niger State
